Evolution of Structure and Function in the o-Succinylbenzoate Synthase/N-Acylamino Acid Racemase Family of the Enolase Superfamily

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 360, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 228-250

  Glasner, Margaret E ^a   Fayazmanesh, Nima ^a   Chiang, Ranyee A ^a   Sakai, Ayano ^b   Jacobson, Matthew P ^a   Gerlt, John A ^b   Babbitt, Patricia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

enolase superfamily; functional promiscuity; mechanistically diverse superfamily; protein evolution; substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

2 SUCCINYLBENZOATE SYNTHASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; ENOLASE; N ACYLAMINO ACID; RACEMASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYCOLATOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; DESICCATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RACEMIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AMYCOLATOPSIS;

EID: 33745229352     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.04.055     Document Type: Article

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